Podcast appearances and mentions of julie fast

In this episode we revisit a conversation with Julie Fast, author of Getting It Done When You're Depressed: 50 Strategies to Help You Achieve Productivity Even with Depression, Anxiety, or ADHD. She shares her expertise on how to overcome productivity barriers caused by mental health struggles. Julie, who has lived with bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and ADHD, offers strategies and real-life insights on how to get things done even when your brain isn't cooperating. In this conversation, we explore: Understanding Depression and Productivity: Julie explains how depression can make it nearly impossible to get started, and why it's important to develop a system to help push through the inertia and achieve even small tasks. The Myth of Motivation: We discuss why motivation doesn't come first and how action leads to motivation, especially for those struggling with depression. Building a Plan for the Basics: Julie talks about the importance of having a plan for simple daily tasks, like brushing your teeth or answering emails, and why these are the foundation for larger accomplishments. Feeling the Depression and Doing It Anyway: Julie discusses the power of acknowledging your depression and still taking action, even when you don't feel like it, and why this is crucial for maintaining progress. Creating a Realistic Workspace: We explore how setting up a manageable work environment and using time limits, like the Pomodoro technique, can help get things done despite depression or ADHD. Julie's approach is rooted in empathy, understanding, and actionable advice for anyone struggling to balance mental health and productivity. This conversation is for those who need practical strategies for getting things done without the pressure to be perfect. Learn more about Julie and her work at JulieFast.com and find Getting It Done When You're Depressed on Amazon and other retailers. Connect with Erik: LinkedIn  Facebook  Bluesky This Podcast is Powered By: Descript Descript 101 Castmagic Ecamm Podpage Rodecaster Pro Top Productivity Books List Make sure to support the show by checking out the sponsors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Divorce can be especially difficult when one partner has a serious mental illness, such as bipolar disorder or psychotic disorders. The mood swings, erratic behavior, and episodes of psychosis can make communication, decision-making, and co-parenting challenging, adding stress to an already complex process. For those navigating divorce, balancing compassion for a partner's mental health with the need for personal safety is crucial. In this episode, we're joined by Julie A. Fast, a leading expert on bipolar and psychotic disorders, and author of Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder & Psychotic Disorders: Understanding and Helping Your Partner. Julie shares practical advice on managing relationships affected by mental illness, offering insights into setting boundaries, protecting your mental health, and navigating divorce and custody issues. If you're dealing with mental illness in a relationship, this episode is packed with essential tips for finding stability and support. Connect with Julie: Website: https://juliefast.com/ Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheStableBed/ Be the Winner of the Book Free Gift: Email admin@journeybeyonddivorce.com you mental health story and you will immediately be entered to win one of Julie's books. Winner to be announced on January 6th 2025 Follow Julie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Juliefast/ Journey Beyond Divorce Resources: Book a Free Rapid Relief Call: http://rapidreliefcall.com  Follow JBD on Instagram: @journey_beyond_divorce A word from our sponsors: Soberlink is a revolutionary tool designed to support individuals in their journey to sobriety. As a leading provider of remote alcohol monitoring, Soberlink offers a secure and reliable solution that helps people stay accountable and transparent in their recovery process. We're grateful for Soberlink's commitment to enhancing the recovery process and providing valuable resources to our listeners. Learn more about how Soberlink can make a difference in your journey at www.soberlink.com/jbd ======= TalkingParents provides a comprehensive platform designed to simplify co-parenting and enhance communication between parents. With secure messaging, a shared calendar, and features for tracking parenting time, TalkingParents ensures that all important details and agreements are documented and accessible.  We're grateful for TalkingParents' support in simplifying co-parenting and enhancing communication for our listeners. Discover how TalkingParents can bring clarity and organization to your co-parenting journey at www.talkingparents.com/jbd  

In this episode, Mental Illness Activist Shaley Hoogendoorn sits down and has a in depth conversation with best-selling author and world leading mental health expert, Julie A. Fast about her story with bipolar, her research, books and the Bipolar Significant Seven chapter of the second edition of Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder.  Julie and Shaley also discuss the challenges of living with bipolar disorder and work. She shares her limitations and how she creates and sticks to firm boundaries that allow her to cope with any symptoms from having both bipolar disorder and a psychotic disorder. Get a pen and paper or listen twice because Julie shares a wealth of valuable knowledge for this if us that live with bipolar disorder and those that love them. Julie's story is one of perseverance and inspiration. Her work has supported us bipolar warriors for years and I am so grateful for this conversation. this is bipolar...   IG: @this.is.bipolar TT: @this.is.bipolar FB: @thisisbipolar       Meet Julie: Julie A. Fast is a world leading mental health expert on the topics of bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and psychosis.  She is the bestselling author of Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder: A Four Step Plan for You and Your Loved Ones to Manage the Illness and Creating Lasting Stability and Getting it Done When You're Depressed: 50 Strategies for Keeping Your Life on Track. Julie is the top bipolar disorder management writer in the world with over 500,000 books sold and 15 million views of her online work for bp Magazine, Psychology Today and other publications. Julie lives with bipolar disorder and a psychotic disorder. Her official diagnosis is schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. She is the third generation in her family to have bipolar disorder. She was in a long term relationship with a partner who has bipolar one. Julie's unique experience as a person who lives with bipolar disorder and a psychotic disorder and her long term relationship with a person who has bipolar gives her a unique view of the needs of those with the illnesses as well as those who care about someone with mood swings and psychosis. Julie does her own rigorous research and regularly trains healthcare professionals including general practitioners, social workers, therapists, natural practitioners and psychiatric professionals. Her work is widely used in clinical settings. Julie's latest research focuses on the impact of substances on the bipolar and psychotic disorder brain including cannabis marijuana. She shares this research in the Bipolar Significant Seven chapter of the second edition of Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder. Julie's work offers a balanced, well researched perspective on serious mental health disorders and their impact on the person with the diagnosis as well as family members and partners. Julie's interests include the impact of substances on the brain, repairing relationships affected by brain illnesses, how bipolar and psychosis symptoms impact the eyes and how to prevent bipolar and psychotic disorders in the next generation. Julie was the original consultant on the Showtime production Homeland starring Claire Danes and is a regular contributor to media sources on the topic of brain health. You can find all of the links to Julie's book on her website juliefast.com or follow her on IG @juliefast.    

Hey There! I’m April Norris. Thank you for joining me on the podcast Of Course, They Make Me Crazy! Joining me is Dave Mowry. He lives with bipolar disorder. He’s been a businessman, a politician, a peer support specialist, and a millionaire who lost it all. He went from being homeless in 1997 for a year to now a best-selling author in 2021. He’s also a comedian! His book is entitled OMG That's Me! It blossomed from blog posts he wrote about him living with bipolar. He quickly gained a huge following. Many of his fans would write him and say, “Omg that’s me you’re talking about!” That’s when he knew he had to write a book. His mission in life is to use humor to tell his story and shatter the stigma by making it comfortable to talk about the uncomfortable. He’s my kind of man! In this episode you will learn a new perspective about those who live with bipolar. If you’re having hard time caring for a loved one with bipolar, please listen to this. I know you need to laugh. And I know you’re hurting, and your stomach is in knots, and you feel it’s just not possible. But if Dave can find a little humor in all his pain, so can you. Laughing or even a little smile does your heart and soul good. Truthfully, I teared up listening to him talk because I know my bipolar mom who died 5 years ago would have loved his sick sense of humor. She and my grandma both had a twisted sense of humor which is where I get it from. LOL! I hope you enjoy this episode. Dave has comedy acts that he emailed to me. If you like what you hear today … just know I will be uploading more of his comedy in a couple of days. Dave has collaborated with international bestselling author Julie Fast on OMG That's Me! 2, and co-author of OMG That's Me! 3. So there’s more to come! Julie Fast was the original consultant for actress Claire Danes and her TV series Homeland on Showtime. You contact Dave by going to davemowry.com.

Many people suffer from depression on a daily basis. The hard part is learning to live with it. Getting up and getting moving can seem like an insurmountable chore. You know you need to be productive but your brain just won’t cooperate. Getting It Done When You’re Depressed, offers 50 strategies to break the cycle of inactivity that so often accompanies depression. These strategies are practical and easily applicable for anyone trying to lead a lifetime of productivity, regardless of your mood. Author, speaker and expert, Julie Fast, joins me to talk about her book and why it is so important for people with severe depression.

Julie Fast (https://amzn.to/3v6QUEM) is a critically acclaimed international author, researcher, educator and sought after expert in the mental health field. She is regarded as a mental health pioneer for her groundbreaking, comprehensive approach to treating bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, anxiety and schizoaffective disorder using both mainstream and self created management strategies. She is also the author of Get It Done When You're Depressed (https://amzn.to/3v6QUEM), now with a 2nd edition. In this conversation Julie talks about easy to follow and practical strategies for anyone trying to live a more productive life when dealing with depression, like how to know when your brain is lying to you and many more strategies for keeping your life on track. This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp (http://setapp.com) * Vidyard (http://vidyard.com/beyond)

Episode 10 has Stephanie Marie getting curious with one of the world's premier authors and speakers on bipolar disorder, Julie Fast, @juliefast on Instagram.  Julie has written books and published countless articles on bipolar disorder. Simply Google her name for a wealth of information. Thanks to her years of work being, as she puts it, a 'bipolar detective' for the benefit of herself and others, Julie has contributed immensely to shining a light on bipolar and how to treat it. Do not miss this episode!

Julie A. Fast is not only a bipolar expert, a national speaker, and author, she also has lived with bipolar disorder since she was a teenager. Julie is the author of numerous books including 2004's Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder. She was a consultant for Claire Danes on the Showtime series Homeland, as her character Carrie Mathison suffered from severe Bipolar disorder. As a family and partner coach, Julie has incredibly specific systems when it comes to dealing with bipolar disorder in children and/or living with someone suffering from Bipolar. She is a nationally recognized expert in mental health.In this fascinating episode, Julie defines bipolar disorder and discusses her systems of helping families deal with the illness. She talks about empathy training, charting, and treatments. Julie impresses Hilaria and Daphne with her command of the issue and her eloquence. This is an important episode whether or not bipolar is in your family.Favorite Things:Hilaria: Dazzle Dry Nail PolishDaphne: Bjornqorn PopcornJulie: Being with Her NephewEmail us with your questions at mombrainpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram, just search for @MomBrain. We answer a lot of your questions on there! Check out videos of our episodes on our new YouTube channel! We also invite you to become a member of Mom Brain's official Facebook Group.

In Episode 2, I give more background about my own mental illness issues and discuss what I would like to see going forward. I also plug my favorite Bipolar oriented magazine, BPHope at http://www.bphope.com, and my favorite author on the topic, Julie Fast, at www.juliefast.com. Since we are not a registered charity, it turns out we can’t have an Amazon smile page. However, below is the BiPolarBear Podcast wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/QVEFL5K6V6N9?ref_=wl_share

What's one thing that would surprise you most about mental illness? Expert Julie Fast provides a curious peek inside the world of mental health disorders and provides tips for identifying and managing bipolar disorder and depression. Julie is the author of four of the best selling books on managing mental health disorders, a go-to Hollywood consultant for characters with mental illness (like Claire Danes on Homeland), and an international speaker. Julie's first hallucination was when she was 16-years old when she heard a voice in the library saying, "You have to leave."

What happens if you find yourself in a situation where practical financial advice doesn't apply? This week, Gaby explores a variety of money quandaries without easy answers: long-term freelance work (with Manjula Martin), identity theft (with Kathryn McCauley), bipolar disorder (with Julie Fast), and substance abuse recovery (with Wade Berstler). Find Manjula's work at http://manjulamartin.com, and Julie's writing at http://juliefast.com. Read more about Wade here: http://wahdaimelon.blogspot.com/2017/03/getting-lyft.html?zx=2ae7ea2c0ea28331. (TW: Discussion of bipolar disorder) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesOur Sponsors:* Check out Arena Club: arenaclub.com/badmoney* Check out Chime: chime.com/BADMONEY* Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com* Check out Indeed: indeed.com/BADWITHMONEY* Check out Monarch Money: monarchmoney.com/BADMONEY* Check out NetSuite: NetSuite.com/BADWITHMONEYAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What happens if you find yourself in a situation where practical financial advice doesn't apply? This week, Gaby explores a variety of money quandaries without easy answers: long-term freelance work (with Manjula Martin), identity theft (with Kathryn McCauley), bipolar disorder (with Julie Fast), and substance abuse recovery (with Wade Berstler). Find Manjula's work at http://manjulamartin.com, and Julie's writing at http://juliefast.com. Read more about Wade here: http://wahdaimelon.blogspot.com/2017/03/getting-lyft.html?zx=2ae7ea2c0ea28331. (TW: Discussion of bipolar disorder)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Psych Central Show, hosts Gabe Howard and Vincent M. Wales welcome guest Julie Fast, a world-renowned mental health expert and bestselling author of multiple books, including Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder, Get It Done When You're Depressed, Bipolar Happens!, and The Health Cards Treatment System for Bipolar Disorder. Listen as she discusses her history with bipolar disorder, the bicycle accident that saved her life, and her role as consultant for the television show, Homeland.

My guest this week is Julie Fast, author of Getting It Done When You’re Depressed. Everyone knows that depression can lead to guilt, sadness, frustration, and in the case of 15-20% of people with depression, suicide. Because we live in a culture that rewards (and often worships) productivity, when a depressed person can’t meet the expectations of society, the depression becomes worse and a vicious cycle begins. The goal of Getting Things Done When You’re Depressed is to break this cycle. Readers will learn: •How to prepare yourself mentally for working while depressed •How to structure your environment so you can work more easily •How to work with others •How to prevent depression

My guest is Julie Fast, co-author of Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner. Fast's book, Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder, is a first of its kind book—written specifically for the partner of a person with bipolar disorder. If you have a loved one with bipolar, you know how disruptive and straining this disorder can be to your relationship. You may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety as well as a constant uncertainly about your loved one’s ever-changing moods. This book is designed to help you overcome the unique challenges of loving someone with bipolar disorder. With the supportive and helpful information, strategies, and real-life examples contained here, you’ll have all the tools you need to create a loving, healthy, and close relationship.